But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.Bodhidharma
To have a body is to suffer.
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If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines.
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But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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